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Like a sink full of Thanksgiving dishes, anything worth doing in life makes a...
Thanksgiving dinner makes such a huge mess, doesn’t it? The thought of that mess in my kitchen is sometimes enough for me to just wish it would be over with already! But to wish it away, would be to...
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There’s no place like home, especially when home is in Maine!
This morning I opened my email and was going through the usual process of deleting anything that looked unfamiliar or suspicious when one caught my eye. I cautiously clicked on the unfamiliar name and...
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I got a lot of problems with you people!
“Welcome, newcomers. The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you’re gonna hear about it!” Frank Castanza, Seinfeld While I...
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I don’t love all my children the same!
I just heard it, the collective “gasp” of all the parents reading that. Of course I LOVE all my children the same. Young parents often don’t believe that they could ever feel the overwhelming love...
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Put on your own oxygen mask first!
This week I was interviewed by a BDN reporter for an upcoming story on divorce in Maine. Apparently, being divorced more than once, and having the nerve to write about it in my blog, makes me an expert...
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I’m turning my phone off
There, I did it. It’s off. It’s not on mute, and it’s not on vibrate. It’s off, just off. Well this is slightly terrifying. Okay, breath deep, you can do this. Don’t even pretend you don’t know what...
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No, the bartender’s name is not “Baby.”
When I was younger, I never thought I’d be an angry feminist at this age, a feminist, of course, but I never thought that in 2015 I would still have to be calling people out on blatant discrimination....
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I’m getting rid of everything in my life that’s uncomfortable and I’m...
I’m turning 50 in a few months and I’ve been declaring myself free from many of the things in my life that make me uncomfortable. I mean if we can’t stand up for ourselves, for what we truly want and...
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The View from Unemployment
Some days writing a personal blog is harder than others. Despite the fact that it looks like I share everything about my private life for the benefit/entertainment of others, I don’t. I actually keep a...
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It’s been great talking to you!
I remember the very first blog I ever wrote for the Bangor Daily, it was exactly four years ago. I was so excited to write it. Over the years it has been an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable...
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